Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 40

3-Oct-2011

syria

EU Announces More Restrictions On Syrias Oil Industry

The Council of the European Union (EU) on 23 September announced further measures prohibiting new investment in the Syrian oil industry and imposed sanctions on Syriatel, the main mobile phone operator in the country and the Addounia television station, as well as three construction firms linked to the Syrian military. The measures, published in the Official Journal of the EU on...